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Management

The management of the FORUM MEDIA GROUP is the responsibility of a dual leadership team consisting of the CEO and CFO/COO as well as the Board of Directors. An Advisory Board supports the management.

CEO and CFO/COO

 
Magdalena Balanicka neu

Magdalena Balanicka 

  • CEO of FORUM MEDIA GROUP
  • responsible for the strategy of the group
  • International Management (Diploma), University of Economics Poznan (Polen)

  

Katrin Krauss Herkert

Katrin Krauß-Herkert

  • CFO/COO der FORUM MEDIA GROUP
  • responsible for Finance, IT, HR and Corporate Communications
  • Master of Business Administration, University of Augsburg (Germany)
  • Mechanical Engineering (Diploma), University of Karlsruhe (Germany)

 

  

Board of Directors

Koeller Portrait

Dorothe Köller

  • Publishing Director of FORUM VERLAG HERKERT GMBH
  • also responsible for our subsidiaries in Poland and Austria
  • Graduate engineer architecture

 

Mihaela Mravlje

Mihaela Mravlje

  • responsible for our subsidiaries in Slovenia, Spain, as well as the Czech Republic and Slovakia
  • Business and Economics, University of Maribor (Slovenia)

 

FMG Erik Tolles

Erik Tolles

  • General Manager Kenilworth Media (Canada)
  • responsible for all subsidiaries in North America und the Netherlands
  • Mechanical Technologist, Seneca College (Canada)

 

 

Arek Widawski Hochformat

Arek Widawski

  • General Manager of nextmedia in Sydney, Australia
  • responsible for Asia-Pacific
  • University of Economics Poznan (Poland)

 

Executive Board and Deputy CFO

Jennissen Portrt

Rosina Jennissen

  • Executive Board Member
  • responsible for FORUM Zeitschriften und Spezialmedien and DoldeMedien
  • Business graduate 
Paulina Hochformat

Paulina Hinz

  • Executive Board Member
  • responsible for our Polish subsidiary
  • Marketing Management in the B2B market, Postgraduate Studies, University of Economics Poznan (Poland)
  • Publishing specialization, Graduate Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poland)

 

Claudia Schoenborn Hochformat

Claudia Schönborn

  • Deputy CFO of the FORUM MEDIA GROUP
  • supports management in financial matters
  • Master Professional in Business Management (CCI)
  • Bachelor Professional of Accounting (CCI)

 

Advisory Board

The management team is supported by the five-member Advisory Board, which is chaired by company founder Ronald Herkert.

Ronald Herkert

Ronald Herkert

  • Chairman of the Advisory Board
  • Founder of FORUM MEDIA GROUP
  • Business and Economics, University of Augsburg (Germany)
  • Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg (Germany)